General Dwight D. Eisenhower
By: Hannah Aquino
- October 14, 1980 -- March 28, 1969
- 34th president of the United States, Republican (1953-1961)
- known for his organizational skills and military tactics
- five-star general in WWII, served as Supreme Commander for the Allies
- planned and supervised Operation Torch (1942-43) and the invasion of France and Germany (1944-45)
- named Military Governor of the US occupation zone on May 8, 1945
- as governor, he worked to document Nazi atrocities, deal with food shortages, and aid refugees
- became the first supreme commander of NATO in 1951
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